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  • Stronghold: A Darkstar Mercenaries Novella by Anna Carven

    Stronghold: A Darkstar Mercenaries Novella by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Abbey's thrown in the deep end.Tarak creates an alliance with a furry being.Ami has her father wrapped around her tiny little finger.It's just another day in the life of our fearsome Kordolians and their human mates. A light-hearted peek into Tarak and Abbey's life on Earth.Sanctuary is a 22000 word "slice-of-life" novella set in the Dark Planet Warriors/Darkstar Mercenaries universe...
  • Alien Chief by Honey Phillips

    Alien Chief by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Can a fake relationship between a spirited woman and a fierce alien warrior turn into something more?After a lifetime in the spotlight, Lillie hoped that leaving Earth would provide a fresh start for her and her twin sister. But while her sister is thriving, Lillie finds herself struggling to adjust to her new life...
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  • Tordan by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Tordan by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    LunaThey stole my dreams, my hopes, my very identity, and I had no idea. Years went by and I did everything I was told, I was always the perfect specimen, and the perfect lab rat. I was dissected, even maimed all in the name of science. Then one day a strange smoky voice entered my head, and I knew things were not as they seemed...
  • Going Ballistic by Dorothy Grant

    Going Ballistic by Dorothy Grant

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When her plane tries to come apart at apogee during a hijack, ballistic airline pilot Michelle Lauden handles the worst day she could imagine. After getting down without losing any passengers or crew, though, she finds her troubles have just begun!The country she's landed in has just declared independence from the Federation...
  • Hunter's Price by Lynnea Lee

    Hunter's Price by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    XIK’NMy mission is simple. One: retrieve the shuttle. Two: don’t get caught.The tiny human female who answers my transmission is just a bonus. Every ounce of my being tells me to take her, touch her, and taste her. I earn her trust instead, and we talk for hours through our shuttles.When hostile humans turn on May and her friends, she steals the shuttle for herself...
  • Unrest by Wendy Higgins

    Unrest by Wendy Higgins

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins brings you the second book in this thrilling apocalyptic world... Being on the run in the desert means food and sanctuary are hard to come by, but Amber Tate and her crew are not about to give up. Not after having the things they love brutally ripped from them by an unknown enemy who sent their world into the apocalypse...
  • Reclamation by Erica Stevens

    Reclamation by Erica Stevens

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The highly anticipated conclusion to the bestselling Ravening Series. The first book in this series, Ravenous, is free. Hunted by alien enemies and desperate to survive the invasion, Bethany and Cade are forced into situations they never imagined were possible...
  • Treasured by the Hunter: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Romance by Lynnea Lee

    Treasured by the Hunter: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Romance by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ABBY Years after the end of the world, my life is falling apart again. This time, I know exactly how to survive in the bugpocalypse. What I don’t know is what to do with the brawny purple alien following me around. Harb’k isn’t just big and strong, with a protective streak a mile wide, but he’s funny as hell too...
  • Hugo by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Hugo by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    MiyaI awaken to the touch of cold metal hands and talking holograms. Paralyzed and dependent on the Others. They tell me a story… at first; I refuse to believe. A story of no return and extreme loss, but one of the voices is different. He projects anger and distrust…but his hands… even though cold and hard, are always gentle...
  • AvX by Jennifer Julie Miller

    AvX by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    IvyWhy are the last words ever spoken to our loved ones is in anger? I knew the moment I left it was a mistake, but my stubborn pride urged me forward. I’ve awakened to unimaginable horrors, pain unlike anything the human mind could conceive, until him. Now, I’m too scared to trust my own feelings, as they have only led me astray...
  • Taken Over by Erica Stevens

    Taken Over by Erica Stevens

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Devastated by the loss of Cade, struggling to survive in a world she no longer knows, Bethany is determined to exact revenge upon the aliens that have shredded her life, and the lives of her family and friends. Presented with an opportunity to uncover the secret that Dr. Bishop feels her blood holds, and why she is different than the rest of the survivors, Bethany strikes out on a mission...
  • Hunter's Quest by Lynnea Lee

    Hunter's Quest by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    MORGANWhen the flesh-eating space bugs invading Earth didn’t make it up my mountain, I thought it was luck. I spent a quiet winter safe in my cabin as society collapsed around me.Turns out, a huge Xarc’n warrior has been stalking my land. Rhaz’k claims I’m “his,” but I belong to no one. His massive horns, fangs, and purple muscles turn my knees to jelly, but his cocky attitude is a hard pass...
  • Salvage Rights by Kelly Lucille

    Salvage Rights by Kelly Lucille

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A Distant Worlds Story Found on an abandoned salvage with no memory of who she is or how she ended up there, she becomes the salvage claim that powerful men will kill for. A truthsayer and a genetically tampered with Bruha, she has one chance to escape sexual slavery to a tyrant. ...His Brother. Lucan Warrung rules his pirate moon with an iron fist...
  • Heart Choice by Robin D. Owens

    Heart Choice by Robin D. Owens

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    With her mystical Celta novels, RITA Award -- winning author Robin D. Owens built a world where psychic talents thrive and desires flourish. Now, she returns with a tale of heart, healing, and the meaning of family... Due to a genetic disorder, Straif Blackthorn is the last of his line...
  • Alien General's Beloved by Vi Voxley

    Alien General's Beloved by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Only one general can stand between an ancient nightmare and the safety of his people... This is a 100 k full scifi romance novel featuring a BBW human heroine and a growly alpha male Brion warrior general. It can and should be read as a standalone and has a guaranteed HEA ending! Grab it now for 99 Cents for a limited time! Lana Cormac is a woman with a mission...
  • Alien Barbarian's Queen by Juno Wells

    Alien Barbarian's Queen by Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I do not desire death, but if that is my destiny to protect my Queen, then so be it...EveAfter the fall, homeless folks like I became were shut out of the system. Not even my medical degree saved me from the fate so many experienced. Living rough with a group of women and children, we end up attached to a roving military unit when hostile aliens attack Earth...
  • The Rogue Captain by K. Webster, Nicole Blanchard

    The Rogue Captain by K. Webster, Nicole Blanchard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’m the master of my world. A ruler from the skies of a lost planet. The ship captain who watches from above. Until an alien invades my heart and everything changes. She’s from another world and doesn’t want saving, for she’s on a quest of her own. Feisty and fiery, she burns bright like the sun. I crave to capture her and keep her...
  • Buried Flames by Kennedy Layne

    Buried Flames by Kennedy Layne

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Mason Sykes had served many years in the Marine Corps for his country. His loyalty and sacrifice had left him disfigured—inside and out. He didn’t harbor regrets, especially since he’d finally found the peace and quiet he’d always desired on a Nebraska farm. Brenna Helm was a country girl through and through, right down to her cowgirl boots...
  • Balfor's Salvation by Susan Trombley

    Balfor's Salvation by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Dangerously unstable and exceptionally violent are definitely not qualities Stacia Dornan looks for in a mate, especially after the harrowing experience of having half of her jaw torn off by an adurian warrior. Yet, when she meets Prince Balfor to discuss a trade alliance between her father’s company and the umbrose, sparks immediately fly between them...
  • Alien General's Fated by Vi Voxley

    Alien General's Fated by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This general will never lose... This is a full 100 k sci-fi romance novel, featuring a growly Alien Alpha general and a feisty, curvy human woman going against all the odds. It is part of a series but can and should be read as a standalone novel! No cheating and a guaranteed HEA! Aria Harris has been fighting for recognition all her life...
  • Warrior's Captive: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Emma Alisyn, Sora Stargazer

    Warrior's Captive: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Emma Alisyn, Sora Stargazer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Abducted. Knocked up. A royal alien warrior ruthlessly hunts down his mate's enemies. A new mother discovers the power of her bonding marks—and the strength to fight back.Vivian never thought a midnight run would land her on planet Yedahn, in the custody of an elite royal warrior claiming she is his genetic fated mate.Kinda hard to argue with facts when she's about to have his baby...
  • Warrior's Reign: A Sci Fi Alien Romance by Emma Alisyn, Sora Stargazer

    Warrior's Reign: A Sci Fi Alien Romance by Emma Alisyn, Sora Stargazer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Redemption. Assassination. A bond forged under fire. Reign is given a second chance to save her career when a royal friend offers her a job on an elite team of personal guards. Determined to prove her worth, she fends off sneaky sabotage by the implacable head of security, Vykhan, who thinks she is dangerous and hot-headed...
  • Provoking Odium by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey

    Provoking Odium by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A Beautiful CyborgWhile accompanying his leader on a mission, Odium, an E Model cyborg, hears a distress call over the communication lines. The voice on that message makes his circuits surge with energy and all his systems light up. He has to respond to the mysterious female, would risk his lifespan and the lifespans of everyone on board their ship to protect her...
  • Heart Fire by Robin D. Owens

    Heart Fire by Robin D. Owens

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    On the planet Celta, accepting a HeartMate can be the greatest challenge in the universe… Antenn, an architect hired to build a cathedral in Druida City, dares not think of his HeartMate. Even though he yearns for her, he’s taken steps to ensure she will be forever unknown to him...
  • Cruz: Scifi Alien Invasion Romance by Anna Hackett

    Cruz: Scifi Alien Invasion Romance by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Battle-hardened soldier Cruz Ramos is running on empty. As second-in-command of the deadliest commando squad fighting the invading aliens, he doesn't know why he’s fighting anymore. He’s seen too much destruction, devastation, and far too much death. Still, every day he goes out to protect those humans left, and every day the growing numbness threatens to take over...
  • The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

    The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 42 ratings
    Told in the timeless style of Anne McCaffrey, The Rowan is the first installment in a wonderful trilogy. This is sci-fi at its best: a contemporary love story as well as an engrossing view of our world in the future.The kinetically gifted, trained in mind/machine gestalt, are the most valued citizens of the Nine Star League...
  • Undone by Wendy Higgins

    Undone by Wendy Higgins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    USA Today and New York Times bestselling author, Wendy Higgins, brings you the gripping, sensual conclusion to her apocalyptic trilogy. Amber Tate never dreamed their heart-wrenching escape from the enemy’s attack would lead them to the most beautiful place she’s ever seen, marred by one ugly fact; it’s under enemy control...
  • Zekke by Hannah Davenport

    Zekke by Hannah Davenport

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A military male by heart, Zekke wants no part of having a mate. They make you weak…vulnerable. He would rather be on his war ship fighting the enemy. When King Mallik ordered that Earth be protected, Zekke didn’t hesitate. Commanding a fleet is what he was born to do, what he lived for. But what he finds on Earth is the very thing he’s trying to avoid...
  • The Krinar Experiment by Charmaine Pauls

    The Krinar Experiment by Charmaine Pauls

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When Drako’s space pod malfunctions over Johannesburg, his secret reconnaissance mission goes horribly wrong. Wounded in the crash, he’s captured by the South African Secret Service who sees an opportunity to strengthen their army and make a fortune by using the alien pilot in an unorthodox experiment...
  • Sarazen's Betrayal  by Isabel Wroth

    Sarazen's Betrayal by Isabel Wroth

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cassie had come to Saraz with the promise of a new life, a new home, and a mate who would cherish and adore her always. The first two promises have been fulfilled, but as the new pride leaders settle into their rule, the threat to the lives of the human hybrid mates escalates. As the pressure to solve the mystery increases, Cassie's mate does less adoring and less cherishing...
  • Saved by Mara Frost

    Saved by Mara Frost

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They say that no one can hear you scream in space, but that’s a big lie because I know for a fact that plenty of aliens have heard me… So, who’s sick of aliens and has two thumbs? This girl right here. I’m now on the run with the jerk who abducted me and we’ve got nowhere to go...
  • Imperfect Match by Jordan Castillo Price

    Imperfect Match by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A man whose future is assigned - A heart that yearns to be free. Lee Kennedy’s destiny is controlled by the Algorithm. It’s the reason he’s still in college, regardless of his good academic performance. He’s switched his major repeatedly and stalled on his Master’s thesis, but there’s only so much longer he can hold out. Because once he graduates, the Algorithm must be triggered...
  • Caid by Cara Bristol

    Caid by Cara Bristol

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    How to lose an alien in fourteen days Matchmaker Jessie Hancock has a perfect record helping others find their Mr. or Ms. Right through the Intergalactic Dating Agency until Caid arrives. The sinfully handsome, smooth-talking alien is everything she’s dreamed of—but can’t have...
  • Sarazen's Vengeance by Isabel Wroth

    Sarazen's Vengeance by Isabel Wroth

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Book 1.1 of the Sarazen Saga This book is part of a SERIES. It could be read alone and enjoyed as is. Suggested to be read following Book 1, Sarazen's Claim. There is a happy ending, but as this is part of a SERIES, the ever after part comes later. Not a cliffhanger so much as a continuation...
  • Vrix by Juno Wells, Layla Nash

    Vrix by Juno Wells, Layla Nash

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Cecily Griggs doesn't know what she'll do on the alien ship after she and her friends were sold by their old captain. When an old friend sends a distress signal from a planet of slave-traders, Griggs knows what has to happen -- she'll get Heidi back, or die trying. She's ready for a solo mission when the watchful, smoking hot Vrix insists on going with her...
  • Heart Secret by Robin D. Owens

    Heart Secret by Robin D. Owens

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    On the faraway planet Celta, there are some things you can never tell—until someone discovers your Heart Secret… When a virulent disease killed the woman he loved and her baby, Garrett Primross was left alive, a reluctant survivor. Now, as a private eye, he strives to banish the memories of his past and rebuild his life...
  • Jaran by Kate Elliott

    Jaran by Kate Elliott

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 31 ratings
    The first book of Kate Elliott’s epic Novels of the Jaran, set in an alien-controlled galaxy where a young woman seeks to find her own life and love, but is tied to her brother’s revolutionary fate In the future, Earth is just one of the planets ruled by the vast Chapalii empire. The volatility of these alien overlords is something with which Tess Soerensen is all too familiar...
  • Sidone by Milana Jacks

    Sidone by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    He’s half my age. He cooks. He fusses over my bad sleeping habits, and knows how to handle a gun. Our little reprieve during a mission can only mean one thing: my guard is down. And the enemy I hunt is watching me, waiting for the perfect time to strike. The time is now...
  • Viper by Mikayla Lane

    Viper by Mikayla Lane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    As one of the first to arrive and assist the Valendrans on Earth, Viper fle’ te’ Trugh had thought he was prepared for the mission he was sent on. He was terribly wrong. Caught by the rogue band of Relian’s his team had been tracking, and a concussion that prevented his ability to communicate on the Shengari’ his hopes for rescue or escape are dwindling...
  • Sent Beast Mate by Milana Jacks

    Sent Beast Mate by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Is she a pretty spy, or a seductive assassin who’ll murder him in his bed? With nothing to show for his efforts to find Men of Earth—which will win him New City for his people—Mayhem switches tactics. He holds pair auctions, confident the enemy will jump at the chance to slip a spy in among the throng of hopefuls. It’s a sound strategy, but he’s bored as hell...
  • Autumn by V.L. Dreyer

    Autumn by V.L. Dreyer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ten years ago, a deadly virus wiped out the majority of the human race, with the exception of an unlucky few with a natural immunity to the plague. Sandy McDermott is one of them, a solitary survivor who has braved the last decade alone. Now, finally, she’s found something she truly cares about. After years of loneliness, she has a new family...
  • Warlord's Mercy: A SciFi Alien Romance by Cynthia Sax

    Warlord's Mercy: A SciFi Alien Romance by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She sees the warrior hero he never believed he could be.* * *Tolui is a Warlord in search of a planet to rule. He has been leading his fellow clones in a stealth battle, fighting for both control of the Chamele sector and the right to exist. The brave warriors he commands warrant respect and they deserve the best. That best isn’t the barren, dangerous terrain on Chamele 4...
  • Heart Legacy by Robin D. Owens

    Heart Legacy by Robin D. Owens

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The award-winning author returns to her “wonderfully imaginative”* world of Heart Fire and Heart Fortune for an all-new Celta novel about a young woman’s destiny, and the one man whose love could be her downfall. After the death of GrandLord Yew years ago, the Yews withdrew to their self-sustaining estate and disappeared from Celtan society...
  • Alien General's Bride by Vi Voxley

    Alien General's Bride by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Nothing could have prepared her for the general... This is a 100 k full scifi romance novel featuring a BBW human heroine and a growly alpha male Brion warrior general. It can and should be read as a standalone and has a guaranteed HEA ending! Grab it now for 99 Cents for a limited time! Isolde Fenner had big dreams, but surprisingly enough, the universe was even bigger...
  • Alien General's Chosen by Vi Voxley

    Alien General's Chosen by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This general doesn't play fair... This is a 70 k full scifi romance novel featuring a BBW human heroine and a growly alpha male Brion warrior general. It can and should be read as a standalone and has a guaranteed HEA ending! Grab it now for 99 Cents for a limited time! Leiya has a secret. Trouble is, even she doesn't know it...
  • Elite by Nicola Claire

    Elite by Nicola Claire

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Have you been a model Citizen today? Selena Carstairs has been raised an Elite. She lives the life of privileged luxury, never wanting for anything. Respected. Admired. Honoured. But life is not what it seems... The island of Wánměi has a strict set of rules. Be a model Citizen and all will be rewarded. Disobey the law and the consequences are dire...
  • The Tears of Ephraim by William Dunaway

    The Tears of Ephraim by William Dunaway

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Part of the west coast is recovering from a series of devastating earthquakes. This caused a record drop in the stock market, and due to a national debt of twenty trillion dollars, the value of the dollar is on the edge of collapsing.  Now, due to civil unrest, riots are starting to break out across the country...
  • The Terrans by Jean Johnson

    The Terrans by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Jean Johnson's first novel in an explosive new science fiction trilogy set in the world of the national bestselling Theirs Not to Reason Why series—set two-hundred years earlier, at the dawn of the First Salik War…Born into a political family and gifted with psychic abilities, Jacaranda MacKenzie has served as a border-watcher and even spent time as a representative on the United Planets Council...
  • Zar: Science Fiction Alien Abduction Romance by Vi Voxley

    Zar: Science Fiction Alien Abduction Romance by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Why waste time on romance when you can just kidnap the perfect bride? Ashley Donovan is a woman set in her ways, but compared to a Nayanor, she's apparently incredibly adaptive. Plucked from her ship like many others, Ashley thought her life to be over, but as destiny would have it, it was only about to begin...
  • Terra by Gretchen Powell

    Terra by Gretchen Powell

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A broken and desolate Earth. A young girl struggling to survive. A lost boy with a powerful secret. A discovery that will change everything...
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